“Life is a long lesson in humility.”

“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.”

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.”

“Humor is also a way of saying something serious.”

“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”

“Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.”

“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”

“The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.”

“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”